Bibliographic Citation: Title: Boris Author: Cynthia Rylant Publisher: Harcourt Inc. Publication Date: November 2006 ISBN: 0152058095
Summary:
Boris, by Cynthia Rylant, is about a big gray cat that the owner got from a humane shelter. The owner was through with cats, and she had only dogs. The humane shelter came to be on the street she walked down everyday. She passed by many days until she decided to go in, and she left with Boris, originally named Hunter. The book talks about the many adventures of Boris as well as the realtionship between the cat and his owner.
Here is a cyber-hunt on Cynthia Rylant. This allows students to use the web to find out information on the author.
Blogger allows someone to post thoughts about something, and people can read it and respond. I used it to post what we would read in class and gave them the assignment of responding. I gave four options to write about and discuss.
Glogster allows students to create a poster with images, clip art, words, and many different other tools. They are able to have freedom to create a glogster using their own creativity.
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Boris by Cynthia Rylant
Bibliographic Citation:
Title: Boris
Author: Cynthia Rylant
Publisher: Harcourt Inc.
Publication Date: November 2006
ISBN: 0152058095
Summary:
Boris, by Cynthia Rylant, is about a big gray cat that the owner got from a humane shelter. The owner was through with cats, and she had only dogs. The humane shelter came to be on the street she walked down everyday. She passed by many days until she decided to go in, and she left with Boris, originally named Hunter. The book talks about the many adventures of Boris as well as the realtionship between the cat and his owner.
Here is a cyber-hunt on Cynthia Rylant. This allows students to use the web to find out information on the author.
Cyber-hunt on Cynthia Rylant:
Strategies:
Wordle allows student to type in words from a book or about a book and it randomly mixes them up into an image.
Wordle: http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/2516546/Words_on_the_book_Boris_by_Cynthia_Rylant
Blogger allows someone to post thoughts about something, and people can read it and respond. I used it to post what we would read in class and gave them the assignment of responding. I gave four options to write about and discuss.
Blogger:http://catslitclass2010.blogspot.com/
Glogster allows students to create a poster with images, clip art, words, and many different other tools. They are able to have freedom to create a glogster using their own creativity.
Glogster: http://adwebb42.glogster.com/borisbycynthiarylant2010/